On 5 Dec, 07:49, (Richard Harrison) wrote:
Cecil, W5DXP wrote:

"However, the side that believes that a coil replaces all of the missing
antenna degrees is wrong."

It certainly can!

I worked the summer of 1949 at the KPRC-KXYZ broadcasting plant at Deep
Water (Pasadena), Texas. An operator there, J.L. Davis, W5LIT, had a war
surplus ART-13 in the trunk of his new 1949 Ford which was powerd by a
PE-103 dynamotor, or something of the sort.

Antenna was a cane fishing pole wound from end to end with wire except
for some bare pole to bolt on his rear bumper.

It radiated very well without any stinger or mast. Its problem was high
Q. When J.L. Cranked up the modulation, he would at times light up the
atmosphere with ionization from the tip of his antenna.

I`ll give you another example of a larger diameter but much shorter coil
used as the sole antenna. It is the radial mode helix which has a
carefully selected diameter and pitch to cause radiatiation at right
angles to its axis. It is shown in Fig. 17-5 on page 407 of "The
Complete Broadcast Antenna Handbook" by John E. Cunningham. It was once
used by TV and FM stations. Horizontally polarized, its popularity has
waned.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

The resultant vector of all vectors involved with radiation can NEVER
be at right angles to the axis of a radiator. PERIOD
Art KB9MZ